Tunji Akinsehinwa

Tunji Akinsehinwa is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker and photographer who has lived and worked across the UK, Europe, and Africa.

From a Stills photographer to cinematographer, he has been fortunate enough to work and travel in many different countries. Like India where he got hit by an elephant’s trunk, to Cuba where he sat in a taxi with no brakes as it sped downhill at 90km and seated backwards on a scooter, filming petrol smugglers escaping on motorbikes across the Nigeria-Benin border. Since 2005 most of his work has been across Africa where he shot the first ever Zombie horror film in Nigeria called Ojuju which is now listed as one of the top 20 Zombie films ever on Indiewire. He was a director cameraman on the first ever series about African Artists titled African Masters. Tunji also shot a 6-part TV drama called Dere, an African Tale, for Ebony Life TV and Netflix, and has worked for MTV, Bloomberg, The Africa Channel and the BBC. Currently he is a producer of a TV series about ex-African presidents titled African Excellence and a 13-part documentary series that features all 54 countries on the African Continent. His recent cinematography work in the UK includes two feature films, Deer Woman Child and The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan. In cinematography he runs a lighting for diverse skin tones masterclass and has contributed to several related articles including Inclusive lighting feature for Definition. Online magazine – 21st September 2022. Tunji has taught cinematography and film production at multiple films schools in the UK. He has guest lectured at I-Rep film Festival, Realtime Film festival and the Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos.

Outside of film he managed the Nike Art Gallery, one of the largest in Lagos and co- runs a social media app.

Cinematography is Tunji’s passion, and he is committed to seeing more women and underrepresented groups get involved in this craft. As Black Panther Cinematographer, Rachel Morrison ASC, said “DP is the best job on set, we all know that”. Consequently, he was a founding member of the British Society of Cinematographers’ inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Committee and believes strongly that Diversity, Equity, and inclusion is about everyone and is for everyone.